Upgrade OpenMediaVault on Raspberry Pi 2

OpenMediaVault is an excellent NAS software solution. It boasts an easy-to-use web interface for simple management of users, settings, network shares like samba and has easy plugins for content automation. This guide assumes you have already installed OpenMediaVault using Minibian or Raspbian as a base. It is recommended to install OpenMediaVault on a clean, unaltered image. This guide has been tested on the Pi 2 but should also work on other Pi models. If you have not installed OpenMediaVault yet, follow the installation guide found here and you should get the latest version of OpenMediaVault.

Note before upgrading:Make a backup of the sd card! To upgrade OpenMediaVault without problems please disconnect all hard disks except the one used for the OpenMediaVault operation system. After installing OpenMediaVault, shut down the system, then reconnect the drives and restart OpenMediaVault to finish configuration.

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Upgrade OpenMediaVault on Raspberry Pi 2

SSH to the Pi. If you used the prepared Pi 2 image suggested in the OpenMediaVault installation guide, the default user is root or pi with password htpcguides.

Expand the file system with raspi-config if you are coming from a fresh image

sudo raspi-config

Select option 1 to expand the file system and Reboot

Perform an update and upgrade

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

Log in to OpenMediaVault

Open a web browser and enter the IP address assigned to the Pi, this will take you to the login page for OpenMediaVault. This step is just to double check that OpenMediaVault is installed and working properly prior to upgrade.

Note: the default user is admin and the password is openmediavault

Click Login, if working properly, go on to the next step. Otherwise, follow the initial installation guide for OpenMediaVault found here.

Upgrade to OpenMediaVault 2.x (from 1.16)

Now it is time to upgrade OpenMediaVault on Raspberry Pi 2

SSH to the Pi, run the following:

sudo omv-update
sudo omv-release-upgrade

When prompted if you want to upgrade, select “yes”. Once the above commands are completed, reboot the Pi.

If you get the following page when you enter OpenMediaVault web interface after the upgrade:

“It works! This is the default web page for this server. The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.”

SSH to the Pi, log in and run the following commands to restore the web interface for OMV:

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